Dear xxxx, unlike a trivial matter where I would not bother contacting you; due to the dangerous and potentially lethal socket you wired up in the video "
I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!"; I thought I should bring to your attention that the socket you wired up lacks an earth connection and thus is therefore dangerous and non compliant.
The
Earth Wire found with plugs, sockets, appliances, etc... is used as a
fault return path should an earthed electrical appliance develop a fault, thus
allowing the current to safely return down the earth wire and thus tripping the circuit breakers/ blowing the fuses.
Thus
without an earth wire (yellow striped green),
should an appliance or other electrical item that requires a earth develop a electrical fault, it has the potential to become live what could in turn result in a
shock what may be fatal. Hence the earth wire is vitally important to ensure the electrical safety of an earthed appliance/item.
Thus to make the socket safe, you need to use 3 core wire and not 2 core wire like you did in the video. Please also note that while Class II double Insulated devices do not need earths and thus is why you may have seen plugs wired without earth wires,
UK electrical sockets always require an earth for safety reasons as detailed above.
I would also like to point out that while the 0.75mm² flex you used is suitable (other than it' lack of an earth) for the 3 amp fuse used in your plug , should you ever wish to use a 13 Amp fuse in the plug of an extension lead like you made, you would need to use 1.25mm² 3 core wire as a minimum.
Basically the fuse ratting in the plug should be no greater than the current rating of the cable, what is 6 Amps for 0.75mm² cable and 13 Amps for 1.25mm² cable.
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